WITNESS LIST
Higher Education Committee
April 3, 2023 - 10:00 AM
On:
Soares, Jair (UTHealth Houston)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Carter, Sydney (Self; Network iof Behavioral Health Providers)
Clay, Reed (Texas Health Resources)
Flanders, Caitlin (Texas Medical Association)
Ford, Ashley (The Arc of Texas)
Gill, Hannah (NAMI Texas)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Lanagan, Lindsay (Legacy Community Health)
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching hospitals of texas)
Ottinger, Timothy (St. Luke’s Health)
Rice, Leela (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Assn)
Wilson, Stacy (Children’s Hospital Association of Texas)
Woomer, Eric (F3deration of Texas Psychiatry)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
On:
Mayer, Elizabeth (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
For:
Conne, Kent (Self; Dallas Bulders Association)
Kinateder, Richard kyle (Self; Midlothian Economic Development)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Broussard, Travis (Bombardier)
Meroney, Mike (Texas Association of Manufacturers (TAM))
Shannon, Fred (Gerdau)
Valdez, Erin (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
White, David (Gerdau)
On:
Froeschle, Richard (Texas State Technical College)
Reeser, Mike (Texas State Technical College System)
For:
Martinez, Martin (Self; Texas Appleseed)
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For:
Samuels, Eric (Texas Homeless Network)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Corpus, Kasey (Young Invincibles)
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA and Education Reach for Texans)
Franco, Brie (City of Austin)
Gill, Hannah (NAMI Texas)
Gilliam, Lance (Self)
Gonzalez, Ana (Texas AFL-CIO)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Jones, Garry (DFER TX)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Leahy, Francesca (Self)
Melendrez, Eli (Self; Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Norris, Robert (Self)
Person, Maria (Self)
Posey, Jake (Family First (All Pro Dad))
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services)
Smith, Mark (The Coalition for the Homeless of Houston/Harris County)
Sparks, Andrea (Buckner International)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Self)
On:
Strother, Jennielle (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
For:
Belseth, Tymothy (Self)
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA and Education Reach for Texans)
Faulkner, Monica (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
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For:
Jones, Garry (DFER TX)
Judice, Kerrie (TexProtects)
Krogman, Travis (Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Leahy, Francesca (Self)
Margolis, Eve (Self)
Melendrez, Eli (Self; Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Murphy, Kate (Texans Care for Children)
Norris, Robert (Self)
Person, Maria (Self)
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services)
Sparks, Andrea (Buckner International)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Self)
On:
Contero-Puls, Charles (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
Ortiz, Hector (Dept Family and Protective Services)
Strother, Jennielle (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
For:
Farnsworth, Samantha (Self; Texas Right to Life)
Howat, Grace (Self; Pro-Life Aggies)
O'Donnell, Amy (Texas Alliance for Life)
Wright, Kyleen (Self; Texans for Lfe Committee)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Cates, Andrew (Nurse Family Partnership)
Flanders, Caitlin (Texas Medical Association)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Leahy, Francesca (Self)
Margolis, Eve (Self)
Meyer, Cole (Self)
Person, Maria (Self)
Pojman Ph.D., Joe (Texas Alliance for Life)
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services)
Sosa, Ashley (Texas Alliance for Life)
Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Assn)
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For:
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Wolleben, Rachel (Texas Women’s Healthcare Coalition)
For:
Carter, Sydney (Self; Network iof Behavioral Health Providers)
Higgins, Jessie (Self)
Richardson, Andrea (Self; Bluebonnet Trails Community Services)
On:
Mohr Boleware, Alison (Hogg Foundation for Mental Health)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Afifi, Amanda (Self; Texas Association of School Psychologists)
Allen, Sara (Texas college of emergency physicians)
Bates, Georgia (City of Uvalde)
Chevalier, Andrea (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education (TCASE))
Clay, Reed (Texas Health Resources)
Corpus, Kasey (Young Invincibles)
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Flanders, Caitlin (Texas Medical Association)
Ford, Ashley (The Arc of Texas)
Galligher, Duane (Association of Substance Abuse Programs)
Gill, Hannah (NAMI Texas)
Grimes, Michael (Texas Radiological Society)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Holleman, Will (Raise Your Hand Texas)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Kiser, Mary Beth (Texas Psychological Association)
Mares, Bryan (National Association of Social Workers-Texas)
McMahon, Hailey (Texans Care for Children)
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching hospitals of texas)
Murphy, Kate (Texans Care for Children)
Ottinger, Timothy (St. Luke’s Health)
Rice, Leela (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services)
Sparks, Andrea (Buckner International)
Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Assn)
Winick, Seth (Self; Texas Coalition for Healthy Minds)
Woomer, Eric (F3deration of Texas Psychiatry)
Wright, Eric (Behavioral Health Advocates of Texas)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Self)
On:
Milliken, James (The University of Texas System)
Westbrook, Steve (Stephen F. Austin State University)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Holleman, Will (Raise Your Hand Texas)
For:
Carpenter, Mark (Oncor Electric Delivery)
Conne, Kent (Self; Dallas Bulders Association)
Gilmore, TJ (Self; City of Lewisville)
LaPlante, Mark (Self; Sunstate Equipment Company)
Meroney, Mike (Texas Association of Manufacturers (TAM))
Smith, Patrick (Serve Lewisville)
Valdez, Erin (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Wilson, Johnathan (Self; Pueblo Mechanical)
On:
Froeschle, Richard (Texas State Technical College)
Reeser, Mike (Texas State Technical College System)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Eads, Andy (Denton County)
Stratmann, Ben (Dallas Regional Chamber)
On:
Wallace, Dr. G. Brent (North Central Texas College)
On:
Froeschle, Richard (Texas State Technical College)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Broussard, Travis (Bombardier)
Kinateder, Richard kyle (Self; Midlothian Economic Development)
Meroney, Mike (Texas Association of Manufacturers (TAM))
Valdez, Erin (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
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On:
Reeser, Mike (Texas State Technical College System)
For:
Gonzalez, Manny (Western Governors University)
Longoria, Juan (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ford, Ashley (The Arc of Texas)
Krogman, Travis (Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Meroney, Mike (Texas Association of Manufacturers (TAM))
Soto, Renzo (Texas 2036)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Self)
For:
Brockman, Rusty (Self; City of New Braunfels)
Dinscore, Jason (TXFAME Lonestar Chapter, Commercial Metals Company, Representative
Area Manufaturers)
Packer, Jonathan (New Braunfels Chamber; New Braunfels Economic Development
Foundation)
Schneuker, Josh (City of Seguin and the Seguin Economic Development Corporation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barber, Kathy (Caterpillar)
Bunch, Cordell (Self)
Jewell, Jeff (Self)
Johnson, Leslie (CGT U.S. Limited)
Johnson, Teresa (Self; Braunfels Foundation Trust)
Krogman, Travis (Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Long, Mark (Self; CTTC)
Meroney, Mike (Texas Association of Manufacturers (TAM))
Meurin, Kathy (Self)
Schmitt, Stacy (Opportunity Austin)
Valdez, Erin (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Vane, Mark (Caterpillar Inc)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Self)
On:
Camacho, Priscilla (Alamo Colleges District)
Froeschle, Richard (Texas State Technical College)
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On:
Garcia, Veronica (Northeast Lakeview College)
Reeser, Mike (Texas State Technical College System)
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